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[Undeux]

About to finish this book, which was surprisingly amazing:

Then focusing on these for classes until finals:

And a book on political postmodernism. ugh.

 

[Kastro]

 

[Flunkie]

I'm on the second chapter of Catch 22.

 

[S. L.]

continuing my scfi-marathon after
Spin (AWESOME!)
Ender's Game (Eh..)
Speaker for the dead (better than enders game...)
Axis (Bleh)
The Forever War (nice)
with

so far so good.

 

[mr stroke]

So far so good, just wish it was a little bit shorter

 

[Cdammen]

Finished this:

It's a great horror compilation by the same guy that wrote "Let the Right One In". I don't think it has been translated to English just yet.

And I'm about to read this:



The author won a nobel prize in 2008 so it must be a good read

 

[Karakand]

 

[karasu]

So far, so good.

 

[Peru]

Just..holy shit. Together with the '65-'66 volume this is the art of comic strip making taken to its limits. Each frame is so full of expressive characters and vivid motions you wouldn't have needed text, yet the incredible narratives just keep on blowing your mind. Every page I have to stop and read each strip three times. "Does it get any better?" No. And Snoopy's World War narrative and its blend of reality and fantasy is at its best.

One of the few Coetzee books I haven't read yet. Looking forward to it.

 

[Fantastical]

For school.

 

[Smidget]

Interested in the movie, decided to read the book first

 

[Cosmic Bus]

 

[Bulla564]

Studies different leaders for similarities, and different approaches to leadership. Should be pretty interesting.

 

[natethegreat409]

Pretty funny and interesting so far. I picked it up at Waldenbooks the other day for like 4 bucks.

 

[the_id]

A good reflection on medical education since the time of samuel shem.

 

[Falch]

I'm on the second chapter of Catch 22.

I'm reading that too. I'm on the fifth chapter. Tried to read it a few years back when I got it, but stopped a few chapters in. I'm really enjoying it this time around.

 

[captainbiotch]

Stranger in a Strange Land - Heinlein

 

[Monroeski]

Just finished -

Just started -

Next one, most likely, this -

or this -

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Studies different leaders for similarities, and different approaches to leadership. Should be pretty interesting.

I can't actually tell what the name of that book is. :lol Leading Minds: Anatomy of Leadership?

::edit::
Amazon tells me I'm correct, though there should be an "an" between "minds" and "anatomy."

 

[MNC]

I should get back to Thunderball. Will keep an eye on this topic, I should read more books!

 

[perfectchaos007]

 

[Always-honest]

some book about evolution (for

Spoiler

smart

kids)...

 

[LRB1983]

A lot of month without reading nothing... This month I'm going to start with these two:

 

[nitewulf]

 

[tyguy20204]

Just finished -

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

How was it?

 

[nny]

What Evolution is - Ernst Mayr

Arcade Mania: The Turbo-charged World of Japan's Game Centers - Brian Ashcraft

 

[Fusebox]

"Good Book: The Bizarre, Hilarious, Disturbing, Marvelous, and Inspiring Things I Learned When I Read Every Single Word of the Bible"

 

[Max@GC]

My bible.

 

[Akim]

All for class...

 

[Replicant]

The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

Four Past Midnight by Stephen King

 

[Calcaneus]

Arcade Mania: The Turbo-charged World of Japan's Game Centers - Brian Ashcraft

How is it so far? Once summer vacation starts, I plan on getting back into the groove of reading, and I'm looking for something interesting to easy myself back in with.

 

[Salazar]

Just finishing 'Post Captain' by Patrick O'Brian. Starting William Golding's 'The Inheritors' next.

 

[Barbacoatl]

Alessandro Baricco - Without Blood / Silk

I absolutely loved Silk the first time I read it. Not only is the setting charming (French merchant in 1860's Japan) but the apparently simple narrative makes for a gorgeously crafted love story, and that's why I'm re-reading it this month, along with Baricco's "Without Blood". I have a weak spot for short novels.

 

[Alucard]

It's taken me far too long to get through it. Maybe I'll really sit down and take a chomp out of it tomorrow. I have a little over 100 pages to go...

 

[pseudocaesar]

The Cambridge companion to the Age of Augustus. I read the companion to the Roman Republic, which was an amazing collection of work, so I didn't hesitate in getting this. I'm doing a course on the Roman Empire and chose to do my semester essay on Augustus and the constitutional position he created with a specific focus on the army, and the first two chapters in this book (Power of Tradition and the making of the principate) are amazingly helpful.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

Just about to finish this,

I'm blown away. It's hard to read at times, his insights gleaned from the characters are painful to deliberate on and feel very honest. I think I avoided the book after all the publicity, the whole Oprah dustup, etc. but I was missing out. One of the better American novels I've read in years.

 

[replicashooter]

 

[Salazar]

The Cambridge companion to the Age of Augustus. I read the companion to the Roman Republic, which was an amazing collection of work, so I didn't hesitate in getting this. I'm doing a course on the Roman Empire and chose to do my semester essay on Augustus and the constitutional position he created with a specific focus on the army, and the first two chapters in this book (Power of Tradition and the making of the principate) are amazingly helpful.

Good reading. I'm assuming you've read Holland's 'Rubicon'. In any case, I grow weary of recommending the dashed thing.

Sulla>Augustus, as an essay topic. Best of luck, though.

 

[CiSTM]

I'm still stuck with my last month's books because I moved to new apartment and haven't had the time to read

I also got piercing's english edition and I will save the german edition for later. In to the Miso Soup should arrive next week <3

Suprise, suprise... I found my old editions just short time after buying new editions

 

[YYZ]

Still reading A Game of Thrones by Martin.

Almost done now. I want to read more, but I'm going to be reading the Ministry of Transportation's Driving Manual next :lol

 

[Diablos]

GAF

 

[Dagon]

Some light reading ahead of this month's exams...

Fuck my life.

 

[Blackace]

My bible.

Sonny Valerio: What the fuck is his name?
Louie: Ghost Dog.
Sonny Valerio: What?
Louie: Ghost Dog.
Sonny Valerio: Ghost Dog?
Joe Rags: He said Ghost Dog.
Louie: Yeah. He calls himself Ghost Dog. I don't know, a lot of these Black guys today, these gangster-type guys, they make up names like that.
Ray Vargo: Is that true?
Sonny Valerio: Sure. He means like the rappers, you know, All the rappers, they got names like that: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Ice Cube, Q-Tip, Method Man. My favorite was always Flavor Flav from Public Enemy. You got the funky fresh fly flavor.
Ray Vargo: I don't know about that, but it makes me think of Indians. They got name like, uhh, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Running Bear, Black Elk.
[makes elk noise]
Sonny Valerio: Yeah. That kind of shit.
Joe Rags: Yeah. Indians, N*****s, Same thing.

yes

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

 

[pseudocaesar]

Good reading. I'm assuming you've read Holland's 'Rubicon'. In any case, I grow weary of recommending the dashed thing.

Sulla>Augustus, as an essay topic. Best of luck, though.

Funny you should say that, I did an essay on the root causes for the fall of the republic and spent a great deal of time on Sulla!

 

[Gauhst]

Picking up all of these next week when I get paid.

The Great Gatsby

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Crimes Against Logic: Exposing the Bogus Arguments of Politicians, Priests, Journalists, and Other Serial Offenders

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Stumbling on Happiness

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Batman: Year One

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

Watchmen

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/t...t_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

 

[Pikelet]

In the past two weeks i have read more books than the previous 3 months combined. OK lets see:

1984: I cant believe i had not read this before, absolutely amazing book. Not much that i can say that hasnt already been said though.

Lord Of the Flies: Another missed classic, also brilliant. Shared some common themes with 1984 that became apparent from reading them back to back, strangely enough.

The Road: An excellent read. Really had me hooked the entire way through

And a few others that probably arent so interesting.

Currently half way through World War Z, which is also good.

Im really glad that i have rediscovered how much i really like reading. I had got into a habit of just using my ds when traveling or before bed but now i find a good book is just as entertaining and much more fulfilling.

 

[Monroeski]

How was it?

Eh, decent enough. Nothing spectacular.

Worth reading, if only because you can finish it in just a day or two.

 

[ElectricBlue187]

Interested in the movie, decided to read the book first

check out my lovely little map of the road http://www.flexiblemaps.com/archives/113

lately i've been reading State of the Art

it has it's moments.

 

[overthehill99]

Both are simply amazing.

 

[Dina]

How do you fellas like those Hyperion novels? Thinking of diving in myself.